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pneumatizing

pneumatizing is the present participle and gerund of pneumatize.

Meaning of pneumatize

Verb

pneumatize (third-person singular simple present pneumatizes, present participle pneumatizing, simple past and past participle pneumatized)

  1. To fill with air cavities.
    • The sacci cervicales pneumatize the cervical and dorsal vertebræ and the ribs.1908, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, page 390

Adjective

pneumatizing (not comparable)

  1. That produces pneumatization

Questions about pneumatizing

What does pneumatizing mean?
Pneumatizing means that produces pneumatization.
What is pneumatizing the present participle and gerund of?
Pneumatizing is the present participle and gerund of pneumatize.
What part of speech is pneumatizing?
Pneumatizing is an adjective.

Words near pneumatizing in the dictionary

  1. pneumatization
  2. pneumatizations
  3. pneumatize
  4. pneumatized
  5. pneumatizes
  6. pneumatizing
  7. pneumato-
  8. pneumatocele
  9. pneumatoceles
  10. pneumatocoel
  11. pneumatocracy

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